Slightly Off KIlter

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Memes & Prompts

  • Summer Fun Toy

    This week's Saturday Slant Summer’s coming. If you had to pick just one summer fun toy, what would it be? Would you cruise around the South West in an RV? Does the convenient refreshment of a backyard pool entice you? Looking to steam up the summer nights in your very own hot tub? Up for… Continue reading

  • With Silver Bells and Cockle Shells

    A writing prompt from Journal Inspirations What do you like to grow? Do you have a green or a brown thumb? I have a brown thumb. I guess it came with my name 🙂 In any event, most houseplants do not survive our tender care. Besides that, we have housecats and cats and plants often… Continue reading

  • In My Room

    Inspired by a writing prompt from Journal Inspirations (this entry was written on March 25, 2004). Describe the room you are in right now. How does this room make you feel? I am sitting in my favorite room of our house, my office. My office is approximately 10×14 feet in dimension and I share it… Continue reading

  • Garbage Project

    A writing prompt from Journal Writing, an egroup for journaling.: What would people find in your garbage bin? Continue reading

  • The Attic of My Mind

    This prompt came from Journal Inspirations, an elist for journaling. What does your "dream" attic look like? My dream attic is dry and not too hot, with a board floor and the smell of wood, not unlike my grandmother's attic. Like her attic, it has treasures waiting to be discovered (unlike her attic, it has… Continue reading

  • Quartet for a Friday morning

    I've started playing with poetry again. One of my journaling list groups publishes prompt words every week or two. There's always a "poem" word. Three of the past poem words have been: Blanket, Sleeping, Clean. For the first two pieces, I played with senryu (senryu has the same structure as haiku but doesn't require a… Continue reading

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  • Spring is Here

    This is Wednesday's prompt from Purple Ink. This was a perfect prompt, coming at a perfect time. I had been out yesterday morning, and when I came home, my African daisies were all open in the front yard, faces to the sun. I just had to take some photos! Then I decided to take the… Continue reading

  • Random Purple Questions

    [ These came from Purple Ink this past week. ] One of the members wrote: Okay, I really need to find a new job. I'm bored again so here are some more questions: I'm not bored, but I sympathize. I also enjoy this sort of thing, so here we go. How old are you? (okay,… Continue reading

  • Tax Time

    It's that time of year. The days are getting longer and warmer (although some localities still have snow on the ground!) Still, in many places, the trees are budding, the grass is greening, the birds are singing. All across America, papers are being collected, pencils are being sharpened, and from many homes you hear the… Continue reading

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  • If I Ran a School

    [ This is the last of five questions from this week's Friday 5 ] If I Ran a School I don't have much good to say about the way the typical K-12 educational system is run. My spouse is of a similar opinion. We'd both do a lot of things very differently if we were… Continue reading